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Prostate Health

September 25, 2006 / Mike Furci

Prostate cancer quiz:? Does surgery always cause impotence? Find answers to this and a few other questions.

One problem that more and more Americans are facing is an over abundance of phytoestrogens in our food supply. Look at all the food labels for the foods you purchase, there is almost always some type of soy product contained in them. Some of the various soy products contained in foods include: soy oil, soy protein, and soy lecithin.

Buddhist monks have been using soy for almost 2,000 years to lower their libido and help abstain from sex?to aid in?becoming more spiritual. Many recent studies substantiate the more soy consumed, the lower the testosterone levels go. And to top it off, many of the products we use are packaged in plastic containers which also supply us with “ecoestrogens,” which mimic hormonal estrogen when consumed by humans. Unfortunately, these estrogen-like substances have other deleterious effects outside of taking the wood out of your willy.

Sexual Health

Confidence

September 23, 2006 / Mike Furci

“When you have confidence, you have fun.? And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.”

Joe Namath

I love this quote.? It rings so true.? Without believing in ones self you can’t expect much.

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Drug companies may have more control in FDA policies.

September 23, 2006 / Mike Furci

For most of it’s existance the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was funded entirely by the US government.? Right around 1990 drug companies in an effort to speed up the drug approval pace?cut a deal with the FDA?to pay millions.? This agreement is renegotiated every five years and gives the pharmaceutical industry leverage as to which programs receive funding.? In a recent article Dr. Kesler a former FDA official says the negotiations raise troubling questions:

“There is no doubt that user fees give the industry leverage on setting the agency’s priorities, because of the negotiating process,” says Dr. Kessler, now dean of the medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. “There are significant risks, especially when a growing percentage of the budget comes from user fees,” he says, adding he doesn’t think the FDA has been compromised so far.

?If the FDA gets what it is looking for in this new deal, by October of 2007 the pharmaceutical industry will be paying for more than 66% of the agencies buget.? An agency being funded by the companies it oversees?? WTF?!

Men's Health and Wellness